Description
A vulnerability was found in xlnt-community xlnt up to 1.6.1. This issue affects the function xlnt::detail::compound_document_istreambuf::xsgetn of the file source/detail/cryptography/compound_document.cpp of the component XLSX File Parser. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is named 147. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Published: 2026-03-07
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Information Disclosure via Out‑of‑Bounds Read
Action: Apply Patch
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History

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:xlnt-community:xlnt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Xlnt-community
Xlnt-community xlnt
Vendors & Products Xlnt-community
Xlnt-community xlnt

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was found in xlnt-community xlnt up to 1.6.1. This issue affects the function xlnt::detail::compound_document_istreambuf::xsgetn of the file source/detail/cryptography/compound_document.cpp of the component XLSX File Parser. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is named 147. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Title xlnt-community xlnt XLSX File compound_document.cpp xsgetn out-of-bounds
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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Xlnt-community Xlnt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-11T16:29:23.238Z

Reserved: 2026-03-06T20:34:39.952Z

Link: CVE-2026-3663

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-11T16:15:17.006Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-07T15:15:56.020

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:00:01.613

Link: CVE-2026-3663

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-04-16T11:00:10Z

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